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LIT315 Arabic Lit in Translation

Course Description

A survey of prominent authors from the Arabic speaking world in English translation. A selection of poems, short stories, novels, and plays will be treated.
Attention will be given to social, intellectual, and political context out of which these works have arisen.

Learning Outcomes

Understand how literature can serve as a window to other cultures.

Know how to apply processes of close reading and different critical approaches to the analysis of stories from different traditions and perspectives.